I'm not sure. Someone who says he's a "stable genius" or "I alone can fix it" means he's not and doesn't know it. I think he really does think he's smart, and people like Putin and Kim can see him coming. I find myself wondering who is the actual brain behind his scheming and money. Dark vision coming: Trump wins, and real power behind him takes over using drugs, etc. to make certain he's a human puppet.
Good point...I was being mostly facetious. I'm sure he sees the way he ignored/misinterpreted intel briefings as very serious and his grasp of the salient points almost miraculously encyclopedic. Of course, he's never opened an encyclopedia.... He's gotta be an intel officer's worst freaking nightmare to brief.
A. Agree, He is certainly convinced he's a "very stable genius." Heck, for that matter, I'm convinced I'm a very stable genius...Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. See?
B. Agree that the master conmen/authoritarians had his number from day one. He's a conman himself, but an amazingly soft mark for anyone with a half semester of psychology.
C. Half agree...drugs would be absolutely unnecessary. He's an adulation addict, and just some Gr├нma Wormtongue whispering in his ear about how much "the people" love him would be enough.
Like the Grima reference. :-) But Grima comes to a bad end in the book and the movie. I actually think the movie did a better job at getting rid of both Grima and Saruman (extended version of movie). Also Grima wasn't the top man - that was Saruman. :-)
I think "intelligence" briefings only work when there's an "intelligence" for them to work on.
Trump wisely recognised that the oxymoron of him actually taking an intelligence briefing was too much for even his crowd... ;-)
I'm not sure. Someone who says he's a "stable genius" or "I alone can fix it" means he's not and doesn't know it. I think he really does think he's smart, and people like Putin and Kim can see him coming. I find myself wondering who is the actual brain behind his scheming and money. Dark vision coming: Trump wins, and real power behind him takes over using drugs, etc. to make certain he's a human puppet.
They don't even have to use drugs. Just sit him the oval office with the TV constantly replaying scenes from his life. He'll be mesmerized.
Good point...I was being mostly facetious. I'm sure he sees the way he ignored/misinterpreted intel briefings as very serious and his grasp of the salient points almost miraculously encyclopedic. Of course, he's never opened an encyclopedia.... He's gotta be an intel officer's worst freaking nightmare to brief.
A. Agree, He is certainly convinced he's a "very stable genius." Heck, for that matter, I'm convinced I'm a very stable genius...Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. See?
B. Agree that the master conmen/authoritarians had his number from day one. He's a conman himself, but an amazingly soft mark for anyone with a half semester of psychology.
C. Half agree...drugs would be absolutely unnecessary. He's an adulation addict, and just some Gr├нma Wormtongue whispering in his ear about how much "the people" love him would be enough.
Like the Grima reference. :-) But Grima comes to a bad end in the book and the movie. I actually think the movie did a better job at getting rid of both Grima and Saruman (extended version of movie). Also Grima wasn't the top man - that was Saruman. :-)
I'm not at all opposed to the various Grimas and other enablers from the last administration coming to bad ends...